Roll-roofing fastener



ROLL RCOFING FASTENER VEN TDR ?etentecl Jan. 1, 1924.-

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ALBERT ABBE GarsWoLnon PROVIDENCE, 'RHODE ISLAND.

nutren armas-n ROLL-nonnina FAs'rENna.

appucstionuiea may s, i923. seriai in. 635,423.

To all tollem t 'may concern: y portionuof a roof covei'ed'with roll roofing Be it known that I, ALBERT ABBE Gniswhich is"sec`ured in place with my improved WoLD, a citizen of the United States, residing roll roofing fasteners.

at Providence, in the county of Providence Figure 2 is a plan view d ofithe upper roll 55 and State of Rhode Island, have invented roofing fastenermeinber.

a new and useful Improvement in .Roll- Figure 3 is anledgeview of the upper Roofing Fasteners, of which the following roll roofing fastener member, showing the is a specification. same slightly bowed, to more firmly hold My invention has reference to roof conthe member vin 'place on the roll roofing.` G0 v struction and more particularly vto an im; Figurel 4: is an enlarged detail sectional provement in means for securing roofing view'of the upper fastening member, taken material, such as, roll roofing, to the roofs longitudinally on line 4;, 4 of Figure'Q. of buildings, without the use of nails, Figure 5 is an enlarged end view of the In the usual means for fastening roll upper fastening member. 05 roofing to roofs, sidin'gs and the like, the Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional roll roofing is usually laid in horizontal view taken on line 6, 6 of Figure 1. strips, lengthwise of the roof, the lower Figure 7 is an enlarged side view of the `edge of an upper course overlapping the lower fastening membeundK upper edge of the next lower course. The Figure 8 is an enlarged plai'iview of the 70 roll roofing is then Secured t0 the roof by lower fastening member. l

driving nails through it into the roofboards. In the drawing y9y 9 indicates the roof The large number of nail holes thus formed boards, 10, l0 the roll roofing of any suitlIl the l'0ll Toollng W1ll @use .lt t- 0 leak able material and 11 my improved roll SOOIIBI 0l' later, thereby Fllnlll the tlllty 0f 1 rooting fastener which consists of an upper the IOll TOOlllg and nlnelentlls 0l all mol" fastening member'12 and an under fasten- .lng leaks fll'e Callsed by all holes through ing member 13. The roof boards 9, 9 may the IOoflng mammal; also represent the sheathing on the outer The object of my invention 1ste improve Walls 0f the building themeans for securing roll roofing or the The 1.011 roong 10, 10 is muy laid n 80 like to I'QOS theby eliminating the driv' strips lengthwise of the roof, first a narrow mg of nalls throllgh the rou loong. Y strip at the eaves edge of the roof and then A 'further Oblect of my lullen-l10n 1S to' the stiipsare laid full width, the lower construct such means for fastening roll roofedge portion of each upper course Overlap ing to roofs, whereby the upper edge porpig the upper edge port-Ion of the next lion of each under course of rou roofing lowei.course as shown in Figures 1 and (i. is secured to the roof and the lower edge The upper fastenn member 12 is in the portlon Of auch upper Cour-Se of rou roof" form of an elongated :slightly bowed spring lng 1S damped to lh@ roof Wlthout penetrat' elpat havinunderturned side edges 14, 14 90 4 mgflthe overlnppmg upper course of mu to stiflen aid strengthenthe same, downl M vbiuventiou consists in the peculiar and Vu'dll extendmg 0H cellltr pofmled gem' novel construction of a 1011 roofing fastener bers l0, l5 and il Centr@ eBQleSSlODQ lli which eliminates theuse of nailsvfor securthe top Cleat: as Shown 1n lglll'es v a lsrlliglro11 loollg todroofsomtl'nwllclhec in the form of n longitudinal Groove if dei y upper reussir); ggf roll IPOOf'mg tg the roof, sii-ed, for the purpose of adJustingthe cleat without penetrating the same, said roll rooflengthwise 0U ille FQll IVOOllUg ing fastener having details of construction, The under fastening -member 13 is conas will be more fully set forth hereinafter structed -to have a thin elongated flattened 100 50, and claimed. body. member- 17 on one end o f which is a Figure.1-;is.afp1an view reduced, of a comparatively long pointed member 18 at and This centralu depression 16 may be 95 right angles to the body member 17 and adapted to be driven through the roll roofing and into the roof boards and on the opposite end of the body member 1T is an elongated hook. shaped member 1), which has a downwardly formed hump 20 and a slightly upwardly turned end :21. T he hook shaped member 1) lays parallel with and is spaced from the thin body .1T and lays over the body 1T, as shown 1n Figure 7 In Securing roll roofing to roofs with my improved roll rooting fasteners, a nari-o strip of roll rooting yis first laid along 'the eave edge of the roof. The under fastening member 153 is placed over the upper edge portion of the strip of roll roofing and the pointed member 18 driven through the roll rooting, adjacent its upperl edge and into the roof boards, until the thin body member 17 lays flat on the roll roofing. A plurality of the lower fastening members are thus nsed,.securing the strip of roll roofing a predetermined distance apart, the entire length of the roll rooting. The next course of rolly roofing is placed on the roof and the lower edge forced under the hook shaped members 19, 19 of each under fastening member 13, 13. Upper fastening members 12, 12 are now placed on the roll roofing and an upper fastening member 1Q forced under each hook.

shaped member 19. inga posit-ion for the hump 20 on the hook shaped member 19 to snap into the depression 16 in the` upper fastening member 12. This locks the upper fastening member To the lower fastening member and holds the upper fastening mem ber in place, assisted by the pointed members 15, 15 on the upper fastening member 12, .which engage with the surface of the roll rooting.

These operations in using my improved ro-ll roofing fasteners are'repeated for each courseof roll roofing laid. thus firmly fas-` tening down the upper edge portion of each lower or underneath course of roll roofing and clamping down the lower edge portion of 'each .upper or overlapping course of roll roofing.

By this construction 'the only part of the roll roo-fing that is penetrated throughrinto the roof boards is that part that comes under the overlapping portion of the next upper course of roll roofing, thereby eliminating` nails. which are f lriven'from the outside through both courses of roll rooting and cause the roof to leak. The upper fastening member 12 is sufficiently-long so as to take the place rof several. nails heretofore used for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention I claim as neW:-

1. 1n a roof construction and the like, overlapping strips of roll roofing, means for securing the roll roofing to the roof. consisting of roll roofing fasteners, each comprising under and upper fastening members, the under fastening member having a roll roofing and roof penetrating portion, a thin at body portion and a hook shaped portion with locking means on the hook and the upper fastening member being in the form of an elongated cleat and having means for locking it to the locking means on the hook shaped portion of the under fastening member, for the purpose as described.

Means for fastening overlapping strips of roll roofing to roofs, consisting of roll roofing fasteners each comprising under and upper fastening members, the under fastening member having an elongated thin body on one end of which is a pointed member adaptedto be driven through roll roofing and into roof boards and on the other end of the body a hook shaped member parallel With and spaced from the body member, said hook shaped member having locking means, the upper fastening member being in the form of an elongated cleat With locking means, said locking means on the under and upper fasteningv members being.

adapted to lock the fastening members to- A gether, for the purpose as described.

3. Means for fastening overlapping strips of roll roofing to roofs, consisting of roll roofing fasteners each comprising under and upper fastening members, the under fastening member having an elongated thin body A on one end of which is a nailing member and on the other end of the body a hook shaped` member having locking means in the form of a hump, the upper locking member being in the form of an elongated bowed cleat having a locking member in the form of a depression in the cleat for the hump on the hook of the under lfastening member, said upper fastening member f having under turned side edges and pointed members at` each end,` for the-purpose as described.

4. A roll roofing yfastener comprising un-.

derl and upper fastening members, the under fastening member having a thin. flat body on one end of which is a nailing memberand on the other end of the body .fr bool.; Ashaped member having` a hump, the upper fastening member being in the :form of an elongated cleat having a depression for the hump on thehook shaped member of the lower fasten 5. Nroll roofing yfastener comprisingy un? member and on the other end of thebodya hook shaped member, spaced 'from and` ,1g-rar?y ing member, for the purpose as described.`

der and upper fastening members, the under fastening member having. a thin l fla tbo iy on one end of which 1s a Apomted nailing.,

hook shaped member of the lower fastening vbowed cleat having e central de resson, I 'member, said bowed upper fastening memlufuieltm'ned'side edges and an o center ber having underturned side edges and. un pomted member at each eudrfor the purpose 1o j 4ofi' center pointed member en each end, for as described.

5 the purpose as described. In testimony whereof, have signed my- 6. In a two part roll roofm fastener, un 11am@ -G hlS SPQCCMlOIL v upper fastemng member: in t e form of e 'ALBERT ABBE GRISWOLD. 

